City Council District ElectionsOn June 19, 2018, the Torrance City Council adopted an ordinance establishing by-district elections for City Council offices and approved an election calendar for the newly created districts. Previously, each Councilmember was elected for a “At-Large” 4-Year term which means they serve in an “At-large” capacity and are allowed to live anywhere in the City of Torrance. However, when their 4-Year term expires, they will be required to live within the boundaries of the district that is on the ballot during that election in order for them to be able to run for a 4-Year term to that City Council district seat. The districts will be phased in during the next two election cycles – Districts 2, 4, and 6 will be introduced in 2020 and Districts 1, 3, and 5 will be introduced in 2022. After all of the districts have been introduced, the City Council will be comprised of six Councilmembers who each live in and represent one of the established districts and one Mayor, who will remain elected “At-Large”.

For City Elections, your vote will decide the direction the City will take in the next four to eight years. It is easy to register to vote. Learning how to choose the candidate may take some of your time.

Relying on the neighbor’s choices or the newspaper stories, or how many LIKES there are on a Facebook page are not the only ways to determine how you will cast your vote.

We hope to challenge you, the voter, to make a more informed decision based on your observations and values. If you have relied on others in the past, we invite you to step inside to learn more.

This website is created to empower the voter and to provide each person the ability to frame their own questions based on their own values and to ask questions and build voting skills by learning:

How to tell who sent campaign brochures.

The difference between candidate materials, independent expenditures and slate mailers.

How to research who contributed to political campaigns.

Where to get more information about the candidates and issues. (including judges!)

Voters will have the opportunity to ask each of these individuals their stands on the matters that directly pertain to the day to day life in Torrance – our streets and infrastructure, our economic development, our safety, our recreation opportunities. How well do the candidates understand their roles in moving our city forward?

Attend one or more of the Candidate Forums.

TorranceVotesis our chance to give you information that we have provided to the candidates to use in making their own decisions on how they reach the voter when they send you materials, speak at candidate forums sponsored by your neighborhood or civic groups ﻿or walk in your neighborhoods. ﻿

Torrance has a dynamic Strategic Plan created by its citizens and endorsed by City Councils since 1996 and last updated in 2008. Take a minute to read the document. You may be able to quickly determine which of the Strategic Priorities resonate that you can use to frame your questions to the candidates.

The site will be a repository for the materials we are incorporating into the outreach we are making to citizens.

Please remember to go all the way to the very bottom of the ballot on Election Day! That’s where you will find the Torrance General Municipal offices.

Also on these pages you will see information on the election process and to direct you to answers for a number of our Frequently Asked Questions.

AND we are here to answer your questions if we have overlooked any aspect that you are most interested in!